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IACPM survey finds credit PMs still gloomy, but less so than last quarter
5 months ago
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey are still negative about future credit conditions, but less so than in previous surveys -
Credit hedge funds
6 months ago
Credit hedge funds -
Credit funds at a glance
6 months ago
Credit funds at a glance -
Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
8 months ago
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone -
Fund performance
11 months ago
Positive August for credit sees CLO funds on top again -
Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
1 year ago
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs), Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. -
Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
1 year ago
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2023)
1 year ago
A round up of people moves and fundraising -
European and Asian surge extends as inflation and gas improvements fuel rally
1 year ago
US credit remains the laggard as spreads elsewhere extend their strong start to the year, taking European and Asian indices back to the recent tight levels -
Brighter start for credit in 2023 as investors return with bid for risk
1 year ago
Credit markets have opened the year on a positive footing, with Europe particularly buoyant as investors lift CDS hedges they placed at the end of 2022 and some bonds receive enthusiastic bids in the secondary market -
Largarde snowballs puncture complacent calm and shocks spreads wider
1 year ago
Credit markets are ending the week on a big push wider, after European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde delivered the surprise that had been missing from other central bank messaging -
Credit belatedly gives up gains after flurry of central bank hikes
1 year ago
Credit markets barely flickered on Wednesday’s US Federal Reserve announcements, but successive central bank rate hikes on Thursday have caused spreads to widen as traders prepare for the festive season slowdown -
CDS volume jumps by 50% as investors seek new ways to do business
1 year ago
Credit derivatives traders are wrapping up a bumper year, in which there was a big increase in volume and a growing number of use cases for the product -
Fund performance: Light at the end of the tunnel for credit funds after difficult year
1 year ago
Following a tough September, credit funds bounced back in October as 59% of funds made positive returns. -
Credit hedge fund returns (December 2023)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (December 2023)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Major fund withdrawals undermine credit momentum
1 year ago
Credit funds are extending their run of inflows into the end of the year, but investment grade momentum took a dent last week due to investors in one big fund pulling their money -
Credit and commodities diverge after China abandons zero-covid approach
1 year ago
Markets present a mixed picture at the start of the week, with Europe – still processing Friday’s US jobs numbers – opening cautiously after China’s retreat from strict zero-covid policies boosts commodity prices but raises fears of an infection wave -
Rebuke for optimism as US jobs send market bulls running for cover
1 year ago
Investors’ determination to maintain an optimistic outlook on US Federal Reserve policy hit a point of reckoning on Friday, with hot US jobs numbers adding weight to committee members’ message that there is still a lot more work for them to do -
Powell outlook brings risk buyers out in droves, but reality check looks soon to follow
1 year ago
Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday on the pace of future rate hikes have prompted a sharp rally across global financial markets, including credit. But dissenting voices have already begun to point out the enthusiasm is likely overdone -
Europe regains momentum versus US despite bank concerns
1 year ago
European outperformance is extending this week, taking investment grade and high yield spreads alike to their tightest prints since June relative to their US peers. But Credit Suisse remains a blot on Europe’s record as the bank’s short term risk levels continue a worrying trend -
Credit Suisse slumps in bleak Monday, but high yield name sharply bucks trend
1 year ago
Financial markets are beginning the week on an uncertain footing, with anti-covid lockdown protests in China hitting commodity prices hard. But one European high yield company has bucked credit’s widening push with a massive rally -
Credit Suisse tests investor nerves as market preps for Fed-focused week
1 year ago
Credit Suisse, which has been subjected to another week of intense scrutiny, is heading into the weekend with its credit spreads extending wider, after warning on losses and undertaking a capital hike -
Swiss bank looks to plug holes but investors are hun-gruyere for risk
1 year ago
Credit Suisse is a rare, worrisome cloud in an otherwise brightening sky this week, as Europe extends its tightening trend in credit with the US standing at ease for the Thanksgiving holiday -
Bond tenders bring outperformance as credit fends off commodity woes
1 year ago
Credit markets are managing to stay remarkably robust this week despite high volatility in oil prices and covid deaths in China undermining hopes for its economy to reopen
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